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Keana Richards
Relevant Experience
Doctoral researcher
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Current - 2017
- Dissertation research focus: Impact of identity on decisions relevant to labor market outcomes; cleaned and analyzed datasets with over 1000 observations
- Collaborated with researchers in Psychology, Marketing, Management, and Human Development departments across 2 institutions
- Supervised psychology honors student in developing a yearlong independent research project
Researcher
Self-Solutions
Washington, DC
Current - 2016
- Composed white papers and surveys to promote inclusion, safety, and innovative practices in organizations
Selected Presentations
Data entry, cleaning, and reproducible data management/analysis practices in R
Social and Behavioral Science Initiative
Philadelphia, PA
2019
- Taught principles of cleaning data using the tidyverse in R
Intergroup biases
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
2019
- 1.5 hour guest lecture to 200 Social Psychology students
The effects of voice pitch and race on perceived leadership ability and threat
International Convention of Psychological Science
Paris, France
2019
Education
PhD Candidate, Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Current - 2017
- GAPSA-Provost Fellow for Interdisciplinary Innovation: $6000 funding to examine the effects of virtual reality intervention on racial prejudice
- Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate: pursued advanced training for teaching at the university level
MA Candidate, Statistics
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Philadelphia, PA
Current - 2017
- For the thesis, derived insights on how race and voice pitch interact to affect person perception using multilevel linear modeling
BA, Psychology (cum laude)
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
2017 - 2014
- BSOS Summer Scholar: Research project examining effects of confronting prejudice on interpersonal relationships
- Research assistant with the Identity and Diversity Management Lab and the Language and Music Cognition Lab